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This (as are all Librivox recordings) was done, contrary to the "free" connotation, at great cost of time and effort on the part of multiple people who were moved to give of themselves. What do they get in return? Apparently, they get denigrated and nitpicked. I would think the "nothing" they were expecting would be preferable...

If the pace is too fast for someone's cognitive ability, there's a nifty switch they can toggle to adjust the speed. If one was as interested in finding a solution as posting negativity, the former would have taken less time.

If one doesn't like a book, a particular reader's vocal instrument, or any other triviality, they should simply move on to something they do enjoy. Alternatively, they may even decide to cease whining to the uninterested void and purchase a $30 professionally-recorded, mixed, and edited version. industries are obligated to care what folks think about their product. The public domain is not. In other words, be a jerk to someone who is at least getting paid for the privilege of serving you...

I'm not sure if unnecessary criticism or incessant and avaricious requesting and/or demanding more content from archivists--who, again, are making what they have available to others for no extrinsic benefit to themselves-- is the more infuriating. I like to think it must be nefarious bots dispersed by large publishing houses and media conglomerates (who are getting along just fine, thank you very much) to exhaust the goodwill and heroism of the brotherhood of man who make this priceless treasure possible. But, alas, I think people have just been conditioned to be this way--and by said institutions, no less.

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To the reader and other associated volunteers: Thank you, so much. The work you do is immeasurably more valued and appreciated than is apparent in commentary. Many of us are just busy being gratefully enriched by YOU!

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Just an outstanding reading - I thought at first the reader was going a bit fast, but soon I adapted to the pace. This is a vast improvement over the botched experiment on "Ulysses", that must have turned Mr. joyce over in his grave. So five glorious stars.

Read way too fast...
Were you in a hurry ?

Just listened to this, right after listening to Hugh McGuire's version. This is a very good recording, easily on par with that one. The reader is male and Irish and very expressive. He sometimes speaks quite fast but is never difficult to follow, at least not for me (an American unfamiliar with Irish accents). Good sound quality and in one section a rather nice effect where the voices gradually recede as they call goodbye. One mispronunciation I noticed: "impetus" for "impetuous."

Annoying gay and snobish voice and he talks to fast.

An excelent character study that leads the reader smoothly from one emotion to another.
Well read by a single reader.